HC Deb 21 July 1955 vol 544 cc61-2W
55. Mr. E. Johnson

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce legislation to enable him to include the nationalised industries and the restrictive

was 673,267 in 1951 and 471,224 in 1955. Following is a more detailed summary:

practices of trade unions among the subjects which may be investigated by the Monopolies Commission.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

So far as a nationalised industry is a monopoly, it derives that status from an Act of Parliament, which could not properly be the subject of investigation by the Commission. So far as a nationalised industry participates in practices investigated by the Commission which do not derive from a Statutory monopoly, no special legislation appears to be called for. Questions about legislation affecting trade unions are not for the Board of Trade to answer.

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